The Tennessee Titans head into Sunday’s Week 6 slate of games as one of the three winless teams in the NFL. Them, along with the Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Chargers have yet to experience victory this season, and now the Titans will seek to get their first win in a divisional game against the Indianapolis Colts.
It has been a slow start for first-year head coach Robert Saleh. Now granted, he's not the one calling the plays for the offense, but it's his job to right the ship when things start to go sideways. Even though the Titans were considered to be in a rebuild this past offseason, they made moves that put them in the conversation of atleast being competitive. That hasn't been the case in a majority of their games.
ESPN's Ben Solak predicted three different scenarios to occur in Week 6, and one of them was the Titans finally getting their first win of the season. Not only would it be Tennessee's first win, but it would be against a divisional rival where they would have the tiebreaker over them.
Titans seek first win in Week 6 (and they are projected to do so)
"I'm worried about what I'm seeing in Indianapolis, where quarterback Daniel Jones still looks stiff in the pocket and uncertain driving the football. Arden Key is now on injured reserve, making the league's weakest edge rushing room even weaker. And the lack of healthy wide receivers behind Josh Downs allows opposing defenses to key in on running back Jonathan Taylor. The Colts are gettable; the Titans are desperate. Expect a close one." Solak wrote.
The Colts are coming in at 2-3, with a 34-22 loss last week against Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. With the Colts having injury issues at wide receiver this season, along with their pass rush taking a hit with former Titan Arden Key landing on IR, the Titans are lined up to finally pull off the first win of the Saleh era.
Colts' defense gives favorable matchup for Titans' offense
In fact, there is a perfect pick-me-up type of game for the Titans offense. Even though they are ranked last in the league in terms of most yards gained (246.4 yards), the Colts' defense is ranked as the 5th-worst overall defense with allowing opponents to gain 384 yards per game. If Brian Daboll, Cam Ward, and the rest of the Titans offense can't get anything going against this lackluster defense, then things are only going to get worse for this unit.
Titans fans have dealt with enough these past five games. They've lost close battles and they've also lost in blowout fashion. This is the type of game where if the Titans can't get a win, then who knows when (or if) the first win will come.
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